a16z Launches Two-Year AI Academy That Skips Lectures and Grades What You Ship
sanjaykalra · x · 2026-09-24
a16z has launched a two-year AI academy that skips forgettable lectures and grades students on what they actually ship. A Forbes writeup frames it against four-year degrees and six-figure debt now competing with ChatGPT in job interviews, saying higher ed has been put on notice.
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